BRAXTON COUNTY, WV. (THECOUNT) — Braxton County Ambulance EMS director of operations, Jamie Deel Mathes, has been arrested after a fellow employee interrupted her injecting a substance between her toes, according to records.
Mathes, 41, was caught red-handed by a county worker who claims he walked into her office and saw her using a syringe. An inventory of her office found missing and tampered with narcotics, court records said.
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After the employee observed the syringe incident, an inventory was conducted of narcotics stored in her office for advanced life support, the complaint said.
Mathes was arrested Thursday in Nicholas County by West Virginia State Police Thursday on several counts of obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation and grand larceny, according to a criminal complaint, reports WCHSTV.
The complaint said the inventory found 166 vials of morphine, 146 vials of fentanyl and 28 vials of Versed, a sedative, that had been used or partially used and a number of used syringes.
Mathes was arraigned on the charges in Nicholas County and a $25,000 cash bond was set.
She is on paid administrative leave.
According to Facebook, Mathes is the Director of Operations at Braxton County Emergency Ambulance Service Authority. She is listed as a “Communicator” at WV Medical Coordination Center, WESTCOM and a paramedic at Braxton County EMS.
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Geo quick facts: Braxton County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,523. The county seat is Sutton – Wikipedia.